Gas-generator.



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1,234,319, l Patenfuuly 24,1917.

l 5 5 r E r r r 5 CLIDE F. EULER, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

GAS GENERATOR.

Specleatlon of letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1917.

Application led May 5, 1916. Serial No. 95,674.'

To all whom z'may concern:

Be it known that I, CLIDE F. Eolias, a citizen o the United States, residin at Topeka, in the county of 'Shawnee and tate of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gas-(Jrenerators, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to a gas generator for converting a liquid into a gas or gases and it has for its primary object to accomplish this result with the minimum expendil ture of energy.

An object of the invention is the novel manner of arranging the electrodes that large areas of the liquid will be subjected to the action of an elcv current a l the gases generated partly mixed before leaving the liquid.

Besides the above my invention is distinguished in the manner'o' arranging a gas chamber relative to the electrodes and liquid so that the gas or gases arising will be thoroughly mixed before making their exit through a restricted outlet formed in the top 'wall of the tank.

With`these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood 4rom the following detailed description taken iu connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a sectional 'view of one ,to-rm of my invention.

Fig.l 2 is ascctional vieu' of another oi' my invention.

3 and l are sectional views through other inodiiications olf my invention.

Referring more particularly to Fig. l oit the drawing, the numeral l designates the tank, the top 2 of which being formed with a centrally arranged outlet 3. Supported'at the bottom portion of the tank which in this particular instance is of insulating material 1s a negative electrode fl having a connection with one terminal of an electric circuit including a source of current (l. Supported by the casing, a distance above the electrode l is a positive electrode-7 that conne-ete to the. remaining terminal oi. the circuit At this point l Wish to call attention to the ,fact that the electrodes extend substaw tially the length of the tank so that a portion of the bubbles of gas ascending from the electrode 4 must encircle the electrode 7 before entering the as chamber 8 arranged between the top sur ace of the liquid 9 with in the tank and the top 2.

l have found out in practice that when water is used as the liquid, the h drogen gas passing up from the electro e 4 passes around the electrodes 7 and is partly mixed with the oxygen'before leaving the liquid, and the complete mixture of the gases is accomplished when passin into the cham ber 8. In Fig. 2, I have il ustrated the casin 10 of metal and connected to one termlnul of the circuit, while the electrodes 11 are arranged in the liguid as to lie parollel with, but spaced from the entire inner surface of the tank. The advantage of this latter arranger ent is that large surfaces are presented fior cutting down', the resistance to the passage of the electric current and also to properly radiate the heat generated. 4In Fig. 3 l have illustrated an apparatus identical with Fig. l with the exception that a plurality oi' electrodes 12 forms a negative series While a similiar number of electrodes 13 form the positive series. In 4 I have shown an arrangement whereby 1t will be impossible for any gas to pass from the lower electrodes 14 to the gas chambex` 15- Wthout commingling with the bubbles of generated at the electrode` 16. To ae eomplish this action the electrode 16 is made of a toraniinous material such as wire screen. Another advanta e of this arrangement is that the bubbles o.. gasarising from the elec`- trodes 14: will be brought close enough to the bubbles oit gas arising 4from the electrode 16 te have a mutual attraction for one an il. L eomplished.

From the; iioregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it should be apparent that I provide an a paratus Which is admirably adapted for t e purpose for which it is intended, that the apparatus is simple, durable and efficient of construction, and that the apparatus may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost and capable of. generating gases in large quantities. p

Having described my invention, what I claim isz l. A gas generator comprising a tank partly filled with a liquid, a negative e1ectrode extending across the bottom of the said tank and having one end connected to the side wall of the tank whereby the electrode may be held out of engagement with the bottom wall of the tank, and a positive electrode arranged above said negative eleeius a thorough mixing of the trode and disposedbelow the upper surface ofthe liquid.

2. A as generator comprising a tank partly led with a liquid, a plurality of ne ative electrodes spaced apart horizontal y across the tank and having thecorresponding ends thereof secured to the adjacent wall lof the tank whereby said electrodes may be held out of engagement with the bot tom wall of the tank, and a luralit of positive electrodes spaced apart orizon ally across the tank above said negative e1ectrodes and having the corresponding ends thereof secured to the adjacent Wall of the tank. I

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

CLIDE F, EULER. 

